Re: ANYONE ELSE OUT THERE WITH BLADDER & INTESTINAL ISSUES?
From: Angie (anonymous@obgyn.net)
Wed Jul 19 11:07:14 2006
Are you taking a narcotic for the pain because some of the symptoms you
are talking about, specifically itching, can be a side effect of
hydrocodiene and the like.
At Tue, 18 Jul 2006, PAMELA wrote:
>
>To anyone who will listen,
>
>I just had Laser Ablation for Stage II Endometriosis. The only thing
>that the surgery got rid of was my pain in my pelvic region. However,
>all of the problems that I was having before my surgery are still here.
>They are actually worse. I could have dealt with the pain. It is all
>these problems together that I just have a hard time dealing with. Has
>anyone out there found that they are having alot of other issues & they
>think it might be related to the Endometriosis & that they may have it
>in other areas of the body? Do you think that if you already have Endo
>in one place isn't it very likely that it is somewhere else if you start
>having other problems? My Reproductive Endocrinologist did not even
>check anywhere else in my body when he did the surgery. He said that
>Endo is only in the Reproductive region. How do I know that I may not
>have it in the bladder or the intestines? I have been having alot of
>abdominal pain (of which no one can tell me the cause) & urinary
>problems (alot of urine retention with urinalysis that shows blood cells
>but negative urine cultures). The past 3 days I have been having
>horrible middle back pain that radiates into my chest (just below my rib
>region). The pain is pretty bad & I do not know what is causing that. I
>just had an Endoscopy & Colonoscopy & they did a Biopsy on both with
>showed nothing at all wrong with me. Everything was completely normal.
>They did have to Dilate my Esophagus. It had a stricture & they could
>not tell me why I had a stricture (They said it was normal for my
>age---I am only 32 years old---how is that normal). Of course I also
>have the severe fatigue. I also have pretty severe hot flashes at times
>& my hair has been falling out pretty bad for the past 5 years or so. At
>times I have severe nausea & dizziness (I have not had that as much
>though since I had the surgery). I also get this itching all over my
>body. It is not in any specific area. I just itch & itch & cannot stop
>itching. I have no idea what causes that. I have been told 2 times
>that I have a cyst on my ovary (about 3.0 cm) but everytime the CT is
>done in the ER they tell me it is not causing my pain. Of course, I
>have the pain too. My pelvic pain is gone since I had the surgery. Now,
>I am still having pain in my belly button. Sometimes I have sharp pains
>that shoot through my sides too. Does anyone else have any or some of
>these symptoms? Was it Endo? If not, what was it? I am just feeling so
>bad all the time & I want some answers (I am in the process of maybe
>going to the CEC to get surgery, but right now I do not have the money
>or the time saved up from work so I am just having to sit around & live
>with this for the time being).
>
>Thank god for this forum:)
>Pamela
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